Chapter 596 - 246: A Gambling Augment 3

Chapter 596: Chapter 246: A Gambling Augment 3

Su Li’s eyes went wide. She instinctively prepared to cast Magic to save him, but she didn’t dare to act.

The Moon Eclipse Spell was incredibly overbearing. Even the Magic she cast carried Curse Power.

Even Magic that was originally meant to heal could actually become an attack that worsened his injuries.

’What should I do?’

Just as Su Li was panicking, she saw Witch Blood surging on the surface of Xiao Chen’s body, helping him regenerate his skin and flesh.

She was all too familiar with similar situations.

During countless Lunar Eclipse nights in the past, whenever she tried to weaken herself, the Witch Blood in her body would heal her wounds just like this, forcing her to cut herself over and over again.

’But the question is, how could Xiao Chen have Witch Blood in his body?’

’Could it be that he actually has the bloodline of the Witch Race too?’

’That shouldn’t be possible.’

Su Li was confused for a moment, but she knew that the presence of Witch Blood meant he was temporarily safe.

At this thought, she breathed a small sigh of relief and continued to stand guard, her eyes fixed intently on Xiao Chen.

Half an hour later, the blood mist, which had been growing thinner and thinner, finally stopped dissipating.

The high temperature quickly dropped, and at the same time, Xiao Chen’s aura strengthened once again, indicating that not only was he fine, but he had even made progress in his Cultivation.

Only then did Su Li finally relax.

She now had the headspace to wonder why a situation resembling Witch Blood Purification had just occurred.

However, even though Xiao Chen’s aura had all but stabilized and his breakthrough should have been over...

...he was still frowning, as if he had encountered some difficult dilemma.

His expression was also inscrutable, making it impossible to tell if he was happy or sad.

Seeing Xiao Chen before her with his eyes shut tight, silent, and his brows deeply furrowed, Su Li couldn’t help but start worrying all over again.

’Could it be... was there another complication?’

Fortunately, it didn’t last long this time—less than the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea.

Xiao Chen opened his eyes and said to her with a smile, "The breakthrough was a success. The effect of the Enhanced Blood Crystal is even more potent than I expected."

Hearing this, Su Li, who was standing by his side, finally broke into a smile as well. "I’m just glad you’re okay."

Then, she quickly explained, "When I saw the blood mist coming off you just now, I wanted to help."

"But my..."

Before she could finish, Xiao Chen raised a hand to interrupt her. "You don’t have to worry. Didn’t I tell you before?"

"I have a rather unique constitution that can resist all kinds of curses."

"As for that blood mist just now, judging by the results, it actually helped me complete a round of Body Tempering."

"I’d be thrilled if something this good could happen a few more times."

Xiao Chen was completely sincere when he said those last two sentences.

After all, he had just gained tangible benefits. Not only was his skin and flesh—which hadn’t been fully refined before—replaced, but his internal organs were tempered as well.

Su Li was actually still a little worried, but she didn’t press the matter.

Instead, she silently decided to keep a close eye on Xiao Chen for the next few days and try to find the cause of the abnormal temperature spike.

"Breaking through in my Cultivation today calls for a celebration."

Xiao Chen changed the subject. "I’ll go catch a new kind of Sea Fish for a change of pace."

Su Li nodded. "Okay. I’ll go pick some mushrooms in the forest for a side dish."

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After lunch, the two of them went to the beach.

Xiao Chen sat down cross-legged on his own and began to test the cultivation effects of the Heart of Clarity.

However, after just three breaths, he entered the rare Flow State and began to cultivate with single-minded focus.

Not only that, but as the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was drawn into his body...

...Xiao Chen clearly felt as if he had arrived in a completely new world.

The feeling was profound and indescribable.

It was as if he had been looking at the real world through a hazy screen door, and now that thin veil had finally been lifted.

In an instant, the world around him became clearer, more real.

And yet, it was also as if a once-vibrant world had suddenly dissolved into five blurry, indistinct colors, all mixed together.

It made Xiao Chen so dizzy and overwhelmed that he couldn’t tell where he was at all.

These two sensations were far too strange to describe, but they were genuinely what he was experiencing.

Under these awkward circumstances, he absorbed all the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi at a much faster rate than usual.

A massive Spiritual Qi vortex immediately formed on the beach, drawing in all the Spiritual Qi from hundreds of miles across the island, causing it all to converge on the shore.

In the back of his mind, a thought flashed through Xiao Chen’s Sea of Consciousness.

’What’s going on today? Did I suddenly have an epiphany?’

However, under the effect of the Heart of Clarity, this stray thought was instantly discarded before it could even cause him to lose focus.

Half an hour later, Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes, breaking out of his state.

"Huh?"

At first, he was a bit dazed. ’Did my rare ’epiphany’ just end like that?’

Then he remembered that the reason it had ended so quickly was because before he started cultivating, he had mentally decided to practice for just half an hour to compare the results.

At this thought, Xiao Chen’s mind stirred, and he decided to continue cultivating.

And then, to his astonishment, he actually returned to that same profound state, resuming his cultivation and communion with the world.

Theoretically, not even the most powerful Cultivator should be able to do such a thing.

The most difficult thing for a person to do is control their own stray thoughts.

But with the help of the Heart of Clarity, Xiao Chen could now enter that ideal state of a mind free of distractions at any time.